@breadfrom@fireflyspace 👀👀 indeed!!
I assume this is through FCC STAs - if so, do you have the links?
FANTM Ride appears to be a line of satellite dispensers produced by Xtenti, who flew on LauncherOne's first successful flight before going dark. So prob rideshare, possibly a SUV test flight?
A new page on @fireflyspace's website: a SUV Demo Mission! It's (optimistically) listed as NET Nov '23.
Strangely, it's called FANTM RIDE by regulatory filings, a line of cubesat dispensers by @xtenti.
This'll be Alpha's 5th & SUV Light's 1st flight.
https://t.co/dB9EnmQyIr
@fireflyspace@xtenti Additionally dug up by @breadfrom, FLTA006 is seemingly being referred to "Tantrum" in filings, which my furious (two seconds of) searching can't dig up anything on.
https://t.co/YunFmsU1S2
NRO to conduct responsive space mission with Firefly and Xtenti https://t.co/2Ix03tOrpN
The National Reconnaissance Office announced a contract Aug. 8 with Firefly Aerospace and Xtenti, a Texas-based space logistics startup, for a responsive space mission.
The post NRO to c…
In support of @xtenti follow-on study contract with the @NatReconOfc, this mission will demonstrate a rapid payload reconfiguration prior to launching on Alpha and utilizing Elytra to deploy multiple satellites at a time and place of the NRO's choosing https://t.co/sdrt6yhcXj
This is also our second responsive space mission, deploying on-orbit payloads at a time and place of our customers’ choosing. Learn more about the mission here: https://t.co/d7FMaeLnO7
Mission teams finished prepping their CubeSats for the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 2⃣0⃣ mission with @Virgin_Orbit this week!
See how ELaNA 20 brings together universities, commercial organizations, and @NASA at https://t.co/0OuMiYxJSJ.
“The way we’re launching today is the same way we’ve been launching since the ‘60s.” — Daniel Lim of @xtenti, arguing for a space equivalent of intermodal shipping at #RISpace